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RECORDS OF THE PIKE
FAMILY ASSOCIATION
OF AMERICA, J908

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Sixth Reunion of the Pike Family

In the fall of I'.His the followinc^ notice was sent out
to all the memhcrs of the Pike Family Association, to-
£2:ether with the copy of the lOOii Records, to the addresses
last known :

Sept. •?-?nd, 1908.

To THE JMeMBERS of THE PiKE FaIMILY ASSOCIATION :

It is with deepest req-ret I announce the death of our
helovcd president, the Hon. Edwin Burhank Pike, which
occurred on August ".'Ith last, at his home in Pike, N. H.,
after an illness of one week.

His death, and the absence of our secretary in Nevada,
made it necessary to change the plans for our meeting", and
after correspondence with the remaining: members of the
hoard of directors, it was decided to hold the next meet-
ing at Salisbury, Mass.. on Thursday, ( )ctober 22nd, in
the Methodist church, which has kindly been offered for
our use.

The regular biennial business meeting of the associa-
tion will h.e called to order at Id.. "30 A. M., for the election
of officers and the trar.saction of any other business that
niav come before the meeting. For the afternoon a pro-
gramme has been arranged by the Salisbury and New-
burvport members of the association. It is earnestly hoped
that a large number will be present, and it is especially re-
quested that if you cannot be there you will send some
word of greeting, and do not forget to enclose your dues.

Please send all communications to 'Sir. John O. Evans,
Salisbury, Alass.

Take a train from Boston at the North Station via

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Boston S: Maine, Eastern Division, to Salisbury or Xew-
Iniryport. wliere electrics connect by a ten minute ride.
Cars leave Xe\v1)uryport for Salisbury at lo minutes of
and 1.-) minutes past the hour.

Trains leave for Xewburyport at T.;)(». S.47, !).on, !)..•)(>
and 10.1(1 A. M. The :.:!n. s. IT and lo.lo trains stop at
Salisburv.

If any desire to remain over, accommodations mav be
obtained in Xe\vbury])(.rt. The next day local members
will be i^]?A to show visiting- members the various places
which are of interest to all descendants of Major Robert
and Captain John Pike.

For the Hoard of Directors.

PIeri;rrt a. Pike.
First \'ice President.

In accordance with this notice a goodly number of the
Pike Family gathered at Salisbury. You will note that the
call was for a session of one day only instead of the usual
two days. Owing to the death of our beloved President.
Edwin I>. Pike, and the absence of our Secretary and
Treasurer in the West, we were deprived of the two who
had taken the most active part in the plans for these gath-
erings an<l it was tliought best to have the reunion this
year more es])ecially for the election of officers and to
com])ly with the regulations of the Association and no
(.laborat- eniertainment or program was attempted. Yet
the reunion proved enjoyable to all and the program, as
you will see. was an interesting one.

The meeting was called to order at KXoO o'clock in
the morning of Thursday. Oct. '^-Jnd. Herbert A. Pike, of
Worcester, First \'ice President, in the chair.

The Records of last meeting as published were ac-
cepted \yithout objection.

In the absence of the Secretary and Treasurer. ]Miss

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Frances C. Dickemian of Pike, N. H.. was appointed Sec-
retary pro tern.

The Secretary's report was then called for and was
read hv the Secretary pro tern. It was voted that this be
accepted and placed on file.

Secretary's Report

Your Secretary, tho" far away, is pleased to send yon
his crreetin_^s upon this joyous occasion throu,2^h his 1!)08
report to the Association. The past two years have been
those of prosperity and have culminated in tlie addition of
thirtv-six names to our roll of membership, and many
more to our directory of names in the kinshi]), making' the
total number who have joined the Association 75(S. Of
these thirty-two have already been reported as havino- beeri
taken from us and it is now my painful duty to report that
fourteen more have gone to join that innumerable throng"
where partings are unkr.own. Their names are as follows :

]^.Irs. Alva German.

!\lrs. J. E. Graves.

^Irs. Hiram W. Hill.
James Henry Jenkins.

Mrs. L. H. Lamson.

Alvin I'ike. ' '

Miss Ella M. Pike.

Capt. John C. Pike.

Lt. Rowland Pike.

Hon. Edwin B. Pike.

Ezekiel Pike.

Miss Lena M. Pike.

Mrs. ]\lary Jane Remick.

Mrs. Henry A. Wilson.

Suitable resolutions should be drawn up to the memory

of these.

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At the last Reunion the names of all those who were
in arrears for more than two years" dues were posted in
the hall during the meeting of the Association and after-
wards notices were sent to them informing them of what
had heen done, which resulted in many of them settling
their dues at once. But I am sorry to have to state that
seventy-four of those names were dropped from our roll
of memhership. and while we are sorry to lose them, it is
an immense relief to the Secretary who has written many
times to these delinquents without receiving any replies
to his solicitations to settle. The striking off of these
names. I liojie, clears our roll of memhership of all unde-
sirahle memhers.

There have Ijeen no new names added to our roll of
life-meml)ers. Init I wish to state that one name was left
off the roll of l!><)(i by some blunder of your Secretary, al-
though all the hooks show that she had i)aid her life mem-
bership fee, and that is the name of .Mrs. Cora F. Pike,
Saco. Me.

When vour Secretary went West last November he
found the expense of transporting the Association records
across the Continent such that it would be advisable to
leave them in safe hands near home, and by agreement
with (lur late lamented P'resident they were sent to his
home at Pike, X. H. He was to send them to the mem-
bers and to call the I'.xis meeting of the Association which
was to be held ( )ct. (ith, but owing to his illness and death
it has been delayed to the jM-esent date. And I am most
pleased to state that our First \'ice President, Hon. Her-
bert A. Pike, has nobly stepped into the vacant place and
manfully done his duty in calling this meeting. Your
Secretarv thought it would save nuich expense to have
the notices printed and mailed in the Fast rather than to
have it done in the \\'est. — not that he would for one
moment shirk his dutv.

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Your Secretary, acting as a representative from tliis
g-lorious Association at the Pike's Peak Centennial cele-
bration held at Colorado Springs, Col., Sept. 23-29, 1906,
in honor of Gen. Zebulon M. Pike, will make no special
report at this meeting as his report will appear in a printed
form later on, but he will at this time state that every at-
tention was bestowed upon him by the citizens of that
beautiful city, to whom and for which he is extremely
grateful. He was invited to be present at all their exer-
cises, receptions, banquets, and to a lunch at Gen. William
J. Palmer's resplendent palace in the mountains whose
vestibule is that renowned and magnificent "Garden of the
Gods" of which you may all have read and some been
privileged to visit. Assistance was rendered from all their
committees to aid your Secretary in obtaining all the ])a-
pers read, speeches delivered and photographs of all the
speakers, and of the beautiful scenery with which the city
abounds, and he now has sixty-eight half tones ready for
the centennial edition of our records when published,
which he hopes may be done before the next Reunion and
which may be possible should the members respond in the
payment of their dues to the Association.

The Soliciting Committee did' not meet with the re-
sults they expected in soliciting funds with which to send
your delegate and this deficit should be made up by mem-
bers outside the funds of the Association. This would give
more money with which to print the Centennial Records.

There are now on hand many badges, coats of arms
and lithograph coats of arms which can be had of the Sec-
retary. The stationery and seals can be had of Miss
Frances C. Dickerman, Pike, N. H. They are all very
beautiful and should be in the home of every Pike, or those
who claim such descent, in the land.

In closing I would again request that the members
send notice of all deaths, births, marriages, and changes

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^)i address, to the Secretar\- that thev may be properly re-
'torded tliat no errors may Ix' made in sending" our the
:notices and records.

It is with the deepest regret that T can not he with
you to(hi\' l)ut remember that mv heart is with }-ou and in
this great and glorious work, and that T expect to be with
you when n.ext the Association meets.

Clifi'ori) L. Pike, Secretan-.

The Treasurer's Rejxirt was tlien read as follows:
Treasurer's Report

To the Pike Family Association, Inc. :

Your Treasurer begs to submit the following" report:

Money in Treasury Aug. 27, 1906 .?116.S2

(In last report one life membership fee left out
through mistake)

Money received for Membership Fees 36.00

Dues 336.7,")

Official Badgf-s 13.00

Souvenir Badges 2.30

Coats of Arms 10.00

Lithograph Coats of Arms 10.00

Thirty-three Banqueters 49. .50

Soliciting Committee to send Dele-
gate to the Pike Centennial at

Colorado Springs, 1906 .5.5.50

$629.87

Money paid American House, 1906 $ 56.55

For changing date on Souvenir

Badges 3.5 0

Three Coats of Arms, and express. . . 12.35

Expressing records to and fri)m Bos- ■

ton 1.25 ;■

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Printing 2,000 notices of dues 2.50

Printing- 1,000 circular letters.. 2.75

Express .15

Freigliting records, etc., to Pike, N. H. 4.20
Expressing Coats of Arms to Pike,

N. H 55

12 Coats of Arms 30.00

Jas. S. Conant Co., 1 half tone 4.00

Lakeside Press Co., 67 half tones.... 135.68

Postage sending notices of Dues 24.90

For printing 1,500 of 1906 records... S3. 20
Delegate to Pike Centennial Celebra-
tion at Colorado Springs, 1906... 125.00 486.58

Balance in Treasury Oct. 20, 1908 3143.29

There are 13 Coats of Arms on hand and 6 8 half tones for
the Pike's Peak Centennial edition of the Records when pub-
lished.

This report is exclusive of the expenses of calling the 1908
Reunion which I have been unable to obtain for lack -'of time.

Money has been forwarded me for extra copies of the Cen-
tennial Records which I shall hold until the Centennial edition
is published.

Money is still due from the Soliciting Committee as there
has been no settlement with the Treasurer.

Respectfully submitted,
CLIFFORD L. PIKE, Treasurer.

It was decided that this remain on the table until the
matter was taken u]) with the chairman of the Soliciting
Committee and a settlement made.

The election of officers was next in order and the fol-
lowinp: Committee on Nominations was appointed : J. Q.
Evans, Mrs. Olive C. Lincoln, Mrs. J. F. Hayes, of Exeter.

While the Nominating Committee were preparing
their report the Vice President spoke briefly regarding the
affairs of the Association.

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The chairman of the Major Robert Pike Monunient
Committee was then called on for a report of what had
been done since the last Reunion.

This committee did not have much to say and sug-
gested that Dr J. F. Spaulding, chairman of the Town
Committee, be called upon for a statement. Dr. Spauld-
ing felt tliat the Association should either do something
or else drop the matter and the Town Committee would
take it up again. Said they would turn over what funds
thev had, — about $ln(), — and be satisfied with whatever
memorial the Association might decide upon.

After some discussion motion was luade by Mr. J- Q-
Evans that a committee be appointed to solicit funds, to
receive from Dr. Spaulding, as Treasurer, such funds as
he miglit have in his possession, and that the committee
be authorized to expend same for a suitable memorial.
This motion was seconded by Miss Davis and carried
without objection. The Association then chose the follow-
ing to serve on this conunittee: John O. Evans, Miss
Elizabeth Davis. Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. John B. Pike, ]\Iiss
Harriet Pike, ?\Irs. Olive C. Lincoln, Mr. Frank Pike of
Keene.

The \'ice President then appointed the following Com-
mittee on Resolutions to report at the afternoon session :
J. g. Evans, Mrs. H. A. Pike. Miss Nellie Bennett.

A vote of thanks was extended to the people of the
Methodist Church who had so kindly opened their chu.rch
for our use, to Mr. Evans who prepared the program, and
to those who took part in the program.

Report of Nominating Committee: For President,
Herbert A. Pike of Worcester ; Vice Presidents, John Q.
Evans. Salisbury ; L. F. Barton, Newburyport ; Virginia
Pike ALirtin, Minneapolis ; E. Bertram Pike, Pike, N. H. ;
Miss Nellie F. Bennett, Boston ; Enbridge N. Pike, Cam-
bridge ; Addison R. Pike, Winchester ; Secretary Dr. Clifford

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Herbert A. Pike

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L. Pike • Assistant Secretary, Miss Frances C. Dickerman ;
Treasurer, Miss Frances C. Dickerman ; Directors, Pres-
ident, First Vice President, Secretary, also, Mrs. Olive C.
Lincoln, Mrs. Philip H. Blumpey, Hon. L. F. Pike, Cor-
nish, Me., Mrs. Robert E. Cheney.

It was voted that the official home office of the Pike
Family Association be at Pike, N. H., and that all corre-
spondence be directed to this point from which it should
be forwarded to the proper parties for attention.

Meeting adjourned until 2 o'clock P. M.

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The afternoon program was as follows:

The afternoon program wfxi^ a.s follov.s:

Address of Welcome John Q. Evans of Salisbury

Response Herbert A. Pike of Woi'cester

Poem on Major Robert Pike

Composed and read by Samuel Hoyt of Amesbury

Song- Mrs. F. A. Pike Hardy of Londonderry, N. H.

Paper on Col. Zebulon Pike

Written by Leon W. Pike of Capa, S. Dakota
and read by Mrs. Herbert A. Pike

Song- Mrs. Fred Piper

Reading of litters from Absent Members

Paper oa Col. (Rev.) James Pike

Rev. W. A. Rand of Seabrook, N. H.

Original Poem, "The Call of the Kin" Miss Elizabeth P. Davis

Song Mrs. Hardy

Report of Committee on Resolutions (which will be
given in full later on.)

Upon vote of the Association the President appointed
the following committee to have in charge the planning
for the next Reunion, 1!)10: Mr. J. Q. Evans, Mrs. Olive
C. Lincoln, Mrs. Herbert A. Pike.

The afternoon session closed with the singing of
America and the benediction pronounced by Rev. W. L.
Atkinson, pastor of the M. E. Church.

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A pleasant incident occrrred in the afternoon session
when, dnring llie latter part of the afternoon, as Air.
Robert Pike, an as^ed member of the Association from
Union. X. H.. rose to leave the church, he made his way
to the front and tendered his generous gift of $"?."). 00 to the
Maj. Robert Pike Memorial Fund. ThiC Association with
much enthusiasm gave him a rising vote of thanks.

Greetings were read from a few of the members who
were not able to be present and th.e letters from our Cort-
land members. .Mrs. Hill, eighty-two years old and Mrs.
Taylor, eight}--four years old, were particularly appre-
ciated. These letters are given below :
"Greetixci to the Pike [-"amily Associatiox : —

Respected Kindred : — W hen I gave my name to be-
come a member of the -Vssociation I expected to see vou all
face to face er^.^ this late date: l)ut circumstances, princi-
pally age and feebleness, have i)revented thus far and now
I have nearly relinquished the hope of going ver\- far from
my own home.

This world is beautiful, life is pleasant, the associa-
tion of kin.dred and f'-iends is desirable, and vet it doth not
compare or appear what God hath jjrepared for those that
love Him in our next world. As 1 sit liere this bright
morning and see the sear and yellow leaves falling I can
but recognize t!ie simile of our lives.

While the autumn leaves are falling,
Earth vvuh rnauy tones is calling,

Calling U"^ to re-t.
Rest from weary p. tin and sorrow,
Trusting in a briglit tomoraow

With the blc-^t

I was eight_\--four years old last August, probably
your oldest memlDer.

With kind thoughts and best wishes. I am,

Yours.
Oct. 11), 11)08. Mrs. Wm. Taylor.

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Cortland, Oct. 19th.
To THE Pike Family Associatiox : —

Greeting : — Although the frosts of eighty-two winters
have silvered my locks and placed many a furrow on my
brow, vet each recurring spring time brings new hopes
and aspirations and seems to renew our youth, and we go
on making plans for the future as in early life, and I still
hope to meet with you in the future with my children down
to the fourth generation. I want them to know you and
have an interest with \ou, as I think it will be a benefit to
them through life.

With kind wishes,

Mrs. L. E. Hill.

(We would suggest that it would be helpful and en-
couraging if more who are interested in the Association
and unable to attend the Reunions would send their greet-
ings to the assembled Familv. Man\- times the\- would
be able to embody in their letters information regarding
the I'ike Famil} or suggestions for the Association work
which would be of much benefit, but in any event a few
lines of greeting expressing their interest and good-will
would be much appreciated.)

Resolution

Whereas. This Association is called to mourn the loss
of our honored President, the late Edwin B. Pike, who
passed away in August last.

Resolved. That in the loss of President Pike this
Association has lost one of its most loyal and enthusiastic
workers, who. as President of this Association since its
institution, has helped by word and deed to make the As-
sociation a most successful organization ;

Resolved, That in the loss of such a man as Presi-
dent Pike this Association has lost a true friend and coun-
sellor ;

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Re^olxei), That a copy of these resohitions he en-
tered on the journals of this Association and that a copy
be sent to the family of the deceased.

John Q. E\axs.

AIary E. Pike.

Nellie b'KANCEs 1')Exxett.

Committee on Resolutions.

Resolution

\\'h!-:keas. This Association is once more called upon
to note the passini^' away of our late brothers, who have
been associates with us in the wi^rk of this Association, but
who now luu'e l>een called to their reward,

Resol\]-:i), That this Association mourns the loss of
our late members and that we join with their several fam-
ilies in deep feeiin.u: of sorrow^ and affliction :

Rksol\i-:l), That this Association extends its pro-
found and heartfelt sympathy to the several families of
these deceased memljers ;

Resolxed. That a copy of these resolutions be placed
upon the records of this Associati(jn and a copy of same
be sent to the several families of the said deceased
members.

John O. Exans.

Mary E. Pike.

Xellie Frances Bennett.

Committee on Resolutions.

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Colonel Zebulon PiKe*

Tradition says that my great grand-father, Col. Zeb-
ulon Pike, came over from England with his two brothers,
James and Robert, some years before the Revolutionary
War.

Robert went to sea with the son of the Governor of
New Jersey, and as neither returned it was sui)posed that
the ship, being a new one, had not been properly ballasted
and while at sea had turned turtle, all on board being lost.

James joined the Quakers and moved to Pennsyl-
vania and further trace of him was lost.

Tradition also sa\s that each of the brothers brought
with him five thousand potuids of English money and
when the war of the Re\()lution began Col. Pike used all
his money in raising and equipping a comj)any of cavalry
which he commanded during the war. He engaged a
Erench riding master to train his men to ride. They were
taught to ride in a circle without saddle or bridle. Col.
Pike rode a fine large black horse called Genius, which
was the pride of the company. He had his horses trained
to jump, and when pursued by the British dragoons would
go across the country taking the fences as they came and
leaving the British f;ir in the rear.

( )nce when Col. Pike was out scouting he came to the
house of a friend about dusk and tied his horse and went
in, thinking to surprise his friend. Not seeing any one
in front of the house he went through on to the rear. But
the house was deserted and Col. Pike said the intense
stillness made him so nervous that he drew his saber and

*Dr. Clifford L. Pike (probably the best posted of any one
in the country on the Pike Family) wrote with reference to the
paper on Colonel Zebulon Pike: "It is all true except the tra-
dition of the origin of the family; Col. Zebulon was the son of
James Pike of Woodtaringe, N. J.

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walked backwards out of the house.

While out on a scouting- expedition Col. Pike was
slipping upon a liritish camp, and being detected, was
pursued by a bod\- of British dragoons. While in retreat
Col. Pike always rode at the rear of his troops and was
in the rear on this occasion. Two of the English troopers
having swifter horses than the rest, had overtaken him
and were trying to slay him with their sabers, but he, be-
ing an excellent swordsman, was protecting himself and
was making the fight interesting for the Englishmen, when
one of his trooj^ers. a Frenchman, looking back, saw the
difificulty. Dro])i)ing alongside, he shot one of the Eng-
lishmen, while the other one was soon dispatched by Colo-
nel Pike.

( )n another occasion he and eight of his men were
reconnoitering .i liritish camp, and while he was looking
through his field or spy glass he saw an English soldier
come out of the camp a short distance and after kneeling
down, place something on. the gunbarrel and take aim: the
Colonel reined his horse back a step and at that instant a
rifle ball passed in front of him. cutting a lock of hair
from his horse's mane. A l)ody of cavalry was then sent
after them, and the Colonel ordered his men to make for
a field surrounded by a post and rail fence. The fence was
jumped with ease b\- the Colonel's horses but when the
English came to it they had to dismount and tear the fence
down before they could proceed, thus giving him ample
time to get away.

After the war he taught school until he received his
commission to go west with the army of Gen. St. Clair as
commander of a regiment. The Government's attention
had been called to the perilous situation of the settlers in
the far west, where the Indians were burning, pillaging,
and murdering the defenceless people along the frontiers
of ( )hio and Indiana. The Government dispatched St.

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Clair with a well equipped regular army to check the In-
dians and succour the inhabitants. The army was as-
sembled at Cincinnati where it was reorganized by Gen.
St. Clair and his call for volunteers was responded to in
great numbers. The army took the line of march to the
interior, preceded by scouts to locate the enemy, whom
they found in great numbers posted in a favorable place
across St. Clair's line of march. Gen. St. Clair was a
brave man and a skillful general so far as European tac-
tics were concerned, br.t he knew nothing of Indian war-
fare, and he drew his men up in the regulation plan of
battle, in solid column, a splendid target for the Indians
to shoot at. The Indians were not slow to improve their
opportunity, and opened upon the whites a murderous tire
with rifles from their hiding places behind trees and logs.
The consequence was that in a short time St. Clair's army
was practically annihilated and the remnant retreated by
the way they came. Col. Butler of Kentucky was shot
through and said to Col. Pike, "I cannot live, you load my
pistol and set me against a tree and I will die fighting and
vou tell mv friends so." A wdiite man hidden in a tree top
witnessed the death of Liutler.

The order to retreat ended in a wild rout and panic.
Col. Pike called a small remnant of his regiment around
him and told them their lives depended upon their keep-
ing together and obeying orders, and he ordered them to
fire on the Indians and load their guns as they ran, thus
keeping them in check, but finally Colonel Pike's legs gave
out from partial paralysis, which later in life totally tlis-
abled him. He sat down on a log to await death and told
his men to go on and to do as they had been doing, and
thev would get to the fort safely, when as good fortune
would have it. Dr. Ellison, a surgeon, came riding up on
a wounded horse with a boy behind. Dr. Ellison said to
Colonel Pike, "Don't sit there and be butchered by those

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devils, hut take hold of my horse's mane and perhaps the
cramp may leave you;"" and it did, for as he hobbled along^
he gained strength and they all reached Fort Recover\- in
safety. Dr. Ellison established himself in Cincinnati and
kept that hors.- without work until he was thirt\- vears
old in gratitude for having saved the lives of three men.

Immediately after St. Clair"s defeat, the Government
sent Anthony \\'a>ne west to reorganize the remnant of
the army. Fn reorganizing the army of the west General
^^'a\•ne discarded the old Euro])ean discij^line and maneu-
ver and concluded to fight the Devil with the DeviTs own
plans. r>y the advice of old Indian fighters he took his
men into the woods and drilled them in Indian st\"le,
fought sham liattles, taught his men to lie down behind
trees and logs, and to out-yell Indians, and his whole army
was like a skirmish line <lrawn (tut with a reserve in su])-
porting distance, and he met the enemy not on grounds of
their choice but on grounds Gen. Wayne forced them to
occu])}-. Col. I'ike was in command of the reserves in this
battle and came through all safely. He was transferred
from here to a command at Fort Detroit where he re-
mained for about a year, after which he was ordered to
build a fort near the mouth of the ( >hio River. He se-
lected a place where there had once stood a b>ench fort
when France owned Canada and also claimed the Alis-
sissip]ii River from its source to its mouth. The fort was
a strong one Ijuilt by French engineers and occupied bv
about two hundred people. The Indians took the fort by
strategy. It was the custom of the I-'rench and Indians
to play ball outside the fort and at the time of the attack
the Indians had cut off some of their rifles so they could
be concealed in their clothing.

\Mien they appeared on the ]:)layground, and the
French opened their gates, the Indians at a sign made a
simultaneous rush and shot the guards at the gate. The gar-

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rison were so taken by surprise the\- made but a weak
defense, were slaug^htered to a man. their Iiodies thrown
into a deep well, and some cannon thrown in on top. Col-
Pike named it Fort Massacre in memory of that terrible
French tra£:;edv.

The Colonel being- a prudent man. determined to build
a fort strong enoug-h. and large enough to protect his gar-
rison and also to afford room for the settlers in case of at-
tack. The outside fortifications covered many acres and
were built of hewed timbers, twenty feet long-, sixteen feet
above ground and set four feet in the ground: a flitch
eight feet deep and ten feet wide surrounded the fort, with
pickets drawn to a sharp pcint in the bottom, which would
have been a fatal thing to fall upon. The great gate of
the fort was seldom oj^jened ; the salK- port gate onlv was
permitted to be opened and a sentrv stood guard.

At stated times the great war chiefs were invited by
Col. Pike to hold a grand powwow and feast. The room
was twenty feet long and had a long table in the center.
Six hunters were ke])t bu.s_\- su])pl}ing the garrison with
nu-at. such as deer, elk and small game, and when the In-
dian chiefs visited the fort an especial roast dinner was
gotten u]) for the occasion and it was a sight to see twenty
or more celebrated Indians sit down and eat, Indian style.
They used neither knife nor fork, onl}- hands and teeth.
They ate stripping the bones and throwing them over their
shoulders and v.hen the feast was through there was a line
-of bones from one end of the rooni to the other.

At about this time there were indications of an Indian
attack, or war on the settlers, as they were gradually en-
croaching on the Indians" hunting grounds and the In-
dians combined in large bodies for self defense. Col. Pike
desired to communicate with the armv at Detroit, to give
them warning, and as the journey was a long and danger-
txDus .one, he determined to assemble the whole command on

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parade, and call h^r volmteers to g'o on the perilous jour-
ney. The C^olor.t'l in a speech stated the importance of
warning- Detroit of the neces:^ity of heint;- on guard and of
increasing their forces and protecting their people as far
as possible. The Colonel called for volunteers and out of
three hundred men but one respcinded and that was the
Colonel's son., Zebi Ion Montgomery Pike. It was a hard
blow to send his son, hardlv twenty- one years old, a dis-
tance of seven hmdred miles through an almost unbroken
wilderness, a cor.ntry occupied by the most savage, cruel
and l)li):id thirst\' peojjle in th.e \\()rld, the Shawnee Indians.
( )ne of the d;-ties of Col. Pike was to suppress the
river ])irates who infested and terrorized the Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers. There were two gangs of them, one
the Mason, on the ( )hio River, with headquarters at Cave-
in-Rock, uu the Kentucky shiu'c u t far from Fort Mas-
sacre. John A. Merrill was th.e leader of the Mississippi
gang. Col. Pike deteruMned to ca])trre .Mason's gang and
detailed Zebulon M. Pike, then Lieutenar.t, with fifteen
men to th-,- task. Scj ts we'"e sent o- t to determine when
to make th.e attack so as to capture rs man\- as possible.
Lieut. Pike started in the evening in a large boat and ar-
rived at the ca\-e shGrt!>- after (la\'break. Mason had out
no sentinel so Liert. Pike was not detected in coming.
The mouth of the cave being iust a few feet frcMu the river
bank, the boat was rowed rp so the Lieu.tenant's party
might command the entrance while thie\- landed. It hap-
pened that through being misinformed by the scouts, two
of the gang onl}- were in the cave at the time. These two,
Mason and a man named Smith, were at breakfast and
were completch' s./rprised. They leaped for their guns
but an order to halt from Lieut. Pike, and the muzzles of
fifteen guns, brought them to a speedy surrender. They
were taken before Col. Pike but nothing could be proven
against them and the Colonel was compelled, under the-

Hon. Edwin B. Pike

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circumstances. to let them go, hut as a reminder to them
of their future coivh/ct, ordered that each should receive
thirt}'-nine lashes on tlie hare back. Mason returned to
the cave and continued his depredations and a reward of
one thousand dollars was otTered fnr his recapture, dead
or alive One of his .s^ang- named LeHarp, thinkiny- to
gain the reward, shct Mason and carried his head to Xew
Orleans to claim the rewa^'d. James I'rown Pike, son of
Col. Pike, being in Xew Orleans at this time, identified
Mason's head and also identified LeHarj) as one of Ma-
son's gang. LeHarp, instead oi receiving one thousand
dollars, was hanged as his reward, by the order of Gov.
Claybourne.

Col. Pike had a gunsmith at work near the fort and
when any of the Indians entered the fort the\' were com-
pelled to leave their arms with the sentrw who turned the
guns over to the gunsmith. The English were supplying
the Indians with, guns to make war on the Americans and
to counteract in a small way what the English were doing
Col. Pike had the gunsmith remove and soften the frizen
(the iMece on which the flint struck fire) of their flint lock
guns, thus rendering them useless.

Col. Pike was an invalid in his later life, this condition
being brought on by exposure in the Revolutionary war
and in the campaigns of St. Clair and Wayne.

Col. Pike retired from service whiu- at Port Massacre

and settled near Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where he died in

1834.

Leox W. Pike.

The above paper was read by Mrs Herbert A. Pike
and in closing she quoted the lollovving:

"They climbed the steep ascent of Heaven

Thro' peril, toil and pain;
Oh. God. to us may grace be given
To follow in their train."

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As a slight tribute to the memory of our former Pres-
ident, Edwin B. Pike, and of our Secretary, CHtTord L.
Pike, both of whom were so deeply interested in this As-
sociation and most largely influential in its organization,
we give below a brief sketch of each, believing that all the
members will desire to have this in permanent form in the
records.

Edwin B. PiKe

Edwin EUirbank I'ike was born in Haverhill. X. H.,
April T, 1S45, the youngest of six children. His father was
Isaac Pike, son of Closes Pike, and his mother's name was
Sarah Morse. At fourteen years of age the death of his
father threw him upon his own resources, but he suc-
ceeded in paying his way l)y his own labor for a period of
instruction at Haverhill Academy and Xewbury Seminary.
At thf outbreak of the Rebellion, when sixteen years of
age, he enlisted in the Union Army, but bis mother pre-
vented his entering the service, though later he was con-
nected for two years with the railroad and supply service
of the Army in the South. For the greater part of his
life he was connected with the Pike Manufacturing Com-
pany, of Pike, Xew Hampshire, the last seventeen years
serving as President, and it was largely through his
marked ability, tireless energy and superior business sa-
gacity that this became the largest and most prosperous
concern in its line in the world. A quotation from his re-
marks at the annual conference of his salesmen and de-
partment heads will show something of the principle which
he carried into his business affairs: "It has been my in-
tention and effort for years that what I touched should be
benefited by my connection with it, whether it was a piece
of land or a horse ; whether it was some one w'ho entered
-our employ, or some one who bought something from us.

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Whatever we do I want to be a benefit to those we come
in contact with. I want t'j put honesty and kindhness as
well as push and perseverance into our business."

Mr. Pike was President of the Pike Family Associa-
tion from its organization. He was for many years actively
interested in the work of the National Association of Man-
ufacturers, serving as Chairman of the Interstate Com-
merce Committee and as Mce President for Xew Hamp-
shire. He was also a member of the American Hardware
Manufacturers' Association, of the Hardware Merchants'
and Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia, and one of the
organizers of the Hardware Club of Xew York. He was
a member of the Xew Hampshire Historical Society and
served as delegate in the last Constitutional Convention of
the State. He was a member of the Congregational church
at Haverhill, X. H., until he became a charter member of
the Bethany Church at Pike, organized after years of ettort
on his part.

Mr. Pike was a man of strong personality, genial
nianners and generous disposition, hospitable, charitable
and public-spirited in a marked degree. He married in
Salem, Mass., April 14, iSiio, ]\Iiss Addie A. [Miner, who
died August 27. 1887. There were three children by this
marriage of whom two are now living, E. Bertram Pike,
and Winifred Pike Emory, ( ]\Irs. Walter L. Emory) of
Honolulu. Mr. Pike was married again Sept. H>. 1S!)0,
to Miss Harriet D. Tromblee, who with one daughter,,
Katherine, survives him.

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Clifford L. Pike

Dr. Clifford Llewellyn Pike was born in Sweden, ^Me.,
Feb. '2\. IS.")!!, the son of Hannah F. and Elias Pike, the
qreat-grandson nt Moses Pike. As a boy he studied med-
icine with Dr. C. L. Wilson of W'aterford. Ale., later en-
tering;' I'ridia^ton Academw where he graduated with honors
in 1S7S. He entered the nieclical department of FJowdoin
Colleii'e in 1ST!' and during" the summer and fall terms of
ISSd attended the medical school of Portland. He i2:rad-
uated from I'.owdoin in the class of ISSl on which occa-
sion he prepared a tlu'sis which was highly commended by
the facult}-. Aftt'r servin-.;- at the Maine ( icneral Hospital
in Portland. Dr. I 'ike entered u[)on the j)ractice of medi-
cine in Sweden, movin.i^' from there to Xorwaw He re-
mained in Xorway until isiio, i^oini;" from there to Saco
where for a time he was (piite ])romineiU in professional
and political circles. In H'or, ]u- t^ave up his office in Saco
and went to Reno. Xevada. rcturninti' in 1!)(IS broken in
health. Tn Sijjtember. I'.Mi!), he was taken ill with jjueu-
monia and had not the stren,<.;'th to rally. His death oc-
curred Se])t. 'Jf^th.

Dr. Pike first became interested in Pike Family History
in isso and from that time until his death he j^ave much
attention and hard work to this. In l!»un he, too^ether with
Mr. I^dwin P. Pike and some others, called toc;ether the
Pikes from all over the country for the orfjanization of the
Pike I'amily Association. He was pre])aring to publish a
History of the Pike Familv and had a large part of the
manuscript ready for typing-. Had the Association been
in position to furnish funds for this work it would doubt-
less have been completed long ago. but although Dr. Pike
gave so much of his own time and monev, even neglect-
ing his practice in order to carry forward this work which
he so loved, yet he was not able to accomplish the fulfill-

Dr. Clifford L. Pike

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ment of his cherished plans. He was probably the best
posted man in the country on Pike Family genealogy and
he will be greatly missed in the work of the Association.
For the benefit of many who may not have read his paper
written for the Pike's Peak Centennial we are publishing
same elsewhere in this report.

Probably not all of Dr. Pike's friends were aware of
the fact that besides the practice of his profession, in which
he was very successful, and his genealogical research work,
he also wrote a number of poems of various kinds. Only
a few of these have been published, however. One long
one, the "Address of Welcome to the ITth Maine," was
written for the 2-l:th Reunion of the 17th Maine, the regi-
ment to which his father belonged, and this poem was
published in the papers at the time.

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The Call of the Kin

"The time has eome." the Walrus snid,

"To talk — of various things;
Of mottoes, shields, and coats-of-arms.
Of swords, — and Pikes. — and kings."
So our faithful Secretary sent some hundred orders out
Summoning all the faithful to an immense Pike rout.
They came from all the States and Counties far and near.
And our well-beloved Pi'esident came from his Station here.
'Twas good to see his genial smile and shake his friendly hand.
As he stood there to welcome each member of our band.
Our hard-worked Secretary, as usual, was there.
And our Honorary Member filled her accustomed chair.
Thei-e were Pikes that dealt in dry goods,

And Pikes that dealt in wet:
There were Pikes who'd travelled round the world.

And Pikes who are travelling yet:
There were Pikes who preai'hed the Gospel
And Pikes who sharpened steel.
And Pikes who ploughed the ocean on a Hrm and even keel.
There were Lawyers,

There were Doctors.

And Professions. — not a few:
And then there were the women who served the world well, too,
For they strove for purity and temperance
In their Homes.
The State,

The World:
They strove that the white banner should be everywhere un-
furled.
Pikes came from stores,
From workshops.

From the home,
The school.

The State.
For they knew the Pike Reunions "are just naturally great!"
_For we meet "so much relations" whom we never knew before.
There are Aunts.

And there are Uncles,

And Cousins! by the score!

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'There is wit and there is wisdom; there are songs and speeches,

too;
There are papers read which show w-e're related, — me and you;
There are stories told of deeds of valor done
By some way-back forefather, — or his father, — or his son.
'We've been told our name is written in the ancient catacombs,
And that we may find it pictured on the old Egyptian stones.
We've been told we ai-e i-elated to an ancient King of France,
And that we were in the Ark there's a more than even chance.
And. I doubt not. could we onh' find it written out I'eal clear

and plain.
We could prove descent from Adam and the others in his train.
We could e'en go back of Adam to the Mound Buildei-s and see
Our name written out in pictures on soine chieftain's State

Decree.
Oh, you see, we are descended

From the First Families
In the land.
And no man nor king, nor peasant

Need be ashamed to take our hand.
When you see the Wit and Wisdom, Fashion, Fame and High

Renown,
That come flocking to the city whene'er we come to town.

Do you wonder we are anxious.

And waiting eagerly,

fFor the coming Pike Reunion when these good things there

'.will be?

— Elizabeth Davis.

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ROBERT PUvE.

As some tall peak o'ershadows all

The lesser peaks that round it stand,
So stood our Hercules — the seer,

The Aristides of the land.
No base time-server he who stood

Where it were ban to stand alone; —

Who recked not if his challenge reached

The purple chamber of the throne.
No shackles forged by church or state

Sufficed to hold him in their thrall;
Nor king, nor court, r.or priest he feared,

God and the right were more than all.
To him law was not law that robbed

The weak and poor of righteous due;
That made the many slaves to serve

The mandate of the haughty few.
Law was not law whose shameful scourge

And prison-wall essayed to break
The heart and will of them who trod

Some devious way for conscience sake.

Like Sinai's thunders was his wrath

When the oppressor's hand laid bare
The backs of women to the lash —

"Hounds! Vipers!" cried he; "Strike who dare!'
"Cur.sed be the man of woman born,

"^^'ho shames the heart of woman so.
In God's name throw thy scourge away,

Break ye these bonds and let them go!"
Wives, mothers ot a noble race!

T\'ell may your grateful heai'ts invoke
Blessings upon his memoi-y

Who dared undo the shameful yoke.
And thou, O sovereign State he loved!

Write high upon thy scroll of fame
His meed, who spared this foul disgrace, —

This blot ujion thy honored name.
And wist ye not that dismal dav

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When superstition's zealots swore
Away the lives of innocence.

And e'en the judges' ermine wore?
^When pulpit cried: "They are bewitched!"

When beldams shrieked; "They are accursed!"
And ingrate children coldly spurned

The mother at whose breast they nursed?
And neighljor on his neighbor spied.

Accusing, lest he be accused.
Till all the fiends of earth and air

Seemed from their tethers to be loosed?
Then thr'i:)\igh the night of tei'ror rang

Again his clariDu: "Righteous Hea^■en!
Shall we thus shed this guiltless blood

And hope of Thee to be forgiven?"
"Great God of Justice! Open Thou

Our blinded eyes! Or haply smite
These unjust judges, wlio would do

This awful murder in Thy sight!"
"And. God of Mercy! Shall it be

That Christ's own teachings shall consent
To do this wrong? Why by Thy wrath

Are not Thy sacred temples rent?"
"Men! Brethren! Sinners! Dare ye thus

Offend High Heaven? While ye may,
Repent this crime! Let reason's light
Turn this, your darkness, into day!"
So he, the lion-heai-ted, flung

His gauntlet in the unholy strife.
Proclaiming that not church nor state

Were greater than a human life.
So swept he back the awful tide:

So kept the torch of reason bright.
And held it up as Moses held

The serpent in the people's sight.
And as the hosts of Israel saw

The pillar of the cloud and fire.
And day and night were surely led

To th:' blest land of their desire;
.■So, following his wise behest,

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The footsteps of the fathers trod
Through superstition's thickets, out

To the high ta Die-lands of God.
Whore, in diviner fun and air,

They planted, in ntw fields, the seed
Whose glad fruition jait to shame

The casual tares of narrower creed.
As through the forest strong arms blazed

The way the primal hamlet grew.
Hurled the van in untrod path.s

And shamed old customs with the new.
Through him was law made law which bound

The greater tn the less. — the strong
Made fr-iend and Mr\-arl" of the weak.

And right the \ictor o\-cr wrong.
How hai'dly. in this later year.

Shall words lie ours to fitly own
Our d(^-bt to him whose wari-ant madc>

The cot more royal than the throne:
Who taught that man was more than law

And womanhood than fane or priest,
And he the greatest of his kind

Who ministered unto the least.

Samuel Hoyt.

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Note: The paper written and read 1iy Rev. \\'. A. Rand of
Saybrook on Col. (Rev.) James Pike, could not be secured in titne
for publication here but it is hoped to have it appear in this year's
records.

32 RliCORDS OF THE PIKE FAMILV

xXAMES ADDED liETWEEN THE PriilJCVnON OF 1»0«
RECOUDS AND THE KEUXIOX OF 1»(>8.

Homer D. Hall, Meadville, Pa.

Joseph B. Pike, R. F. D. No. 1, Colville, Wa.sh.

Leon Wilson Pike, Capa, South Dakota

Judge Willard H. A. Pike, Reno, Nevada

Mrs. Daniel La Rose Hamill (Minnie Helen Pike),

71 Lancaster Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.

DEATHS.

Thomas H. Pike, Died Sept. 10, 1907

Winfleld Scott Went\voi-th. Died Sept, 28. 1907

Ezekiel Pike, Died Nov. 8, 1907

Edwin Burbank Pike, Died Aug. 24. 190S

CHANGE OF RESIDENCE.

Mrs. Philiji Owen Pierce (Ida Brenda Pike).

From Huntington Ave, to Hotel Canteihuiy, Charles Gate East

and Newljury St.. Boston.
Mrs. Edmund Johnson, from Cambridge to Dexter, Me,

Bemis Pike, from Lower Cabot to R. F. D. No. 1, Marshfleld, Vt.

WITHDRAWN.

Alice B. Pike, 4 Kane St.. Dorchester, Ma.ss.

George K. Pike, 4 Kane St., Dorchester, Ma.ss.

Daniel B. Whiting, 25 Pleasant St., Haverhill, Mass.

FvEIXSTATED.

Mr. and Mrs. John Q. A. Pettengill, because they received no
notice.

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